In addition to its everyday work of aiding breast and ovarian cancer patients in the tri-state area, West Chester’s Unite for HER provides support for women with metastatic breast cancer through Exhale, its biannual MBC-specific conference, writes Melissa Jacobs for the Main Line Today.
Exhale launched last year, but attendance grew so rapidly that it soon had to relocate. The conference also created a support group for MBC patients.
Also, MBC patients receive “passports” that give them $2,000 worth of various services, including medical acupuncture, massage therapy, and food delivery.
The goal of the passports is to support all patients as they go through their treatment. However, because MBC patients will always be in treatment, Unite for HER CEO and founder Sue Weldon decided to adjust the program.
“When their passports are used up, we renew them and keep doing so,” she said.
The donor response has been amazing. Thanks to fundraising efforts, the last three years have seen Unite for HER increase the number of MBC patients it serves from 65 to 205.
“We heard what the MBC community was saying, and we answered as best we could,” said Weldon.
Read more about Unite for HER in Main Line Today here.
